busting up

Smashing into pieces

Busting up means breaking apart or destroying something: They're busting up the old factory.

It also describes laughing uncontrollably: The comedian had everyone busting up.

To bust up a couple or group is to cause their separation: The argument busted up the band.

A bust-up is a fight, breakup, or falling out.

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divorcing · dismantling · taking apart · collapsing · dissolving · broke · overthrowing · splitting · wrecking · pulverizing · cracking · raiding · demolishing · tearing down · parting ways · separating · disrupting · unraveling

Opposites
physical integrity

busting uprepairing

Restoring broken items

fixing · putting together · assembling · mending · restoring

assembly/organization

busting upassembling

Fitting parts together

putting together · building · constructing · setting up · erecting

social/group dissolution

busting upbringing together

uniting · gathering · forming · organizing · establishing

Family

bust, busting, busted, buster, busts

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG